Seriously, OB and Jerry would not come right out and say it. But it does look like Cash fully intended to start the game with RHer Kittridge looking to pull him for the LHer after only 2 innings. That hooked Cora into putting his most restrictive lineup offensively on the field and his worse fielding lineup defensively on the field.
I am more and more thinking that is exactly how Cash planned it and Cora walked right into it.